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Black Fact = (1906) Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Black Fact= 1906 (Feb. 9) – Paul Laurence Dunbar, renowned poet and novelist, died in Dayton, OH, on this date ... -
Black Fact (1926) Violette N. Anderson
Black Fact = 1926 (Jan. 29) – Violette N. Anderson became the first black female lawyer admitted to practice before ... -
Black Fact = (1869) Will Marion Cook
Black Fact= 1869 ( Jan. 27) – Will Marion Cook, musical composer/conductor and developer of the syncopated ragtime style, was ... -
Black Fact = (1966) Constance Baker Motley
Black Fact = 1966 (Jan. 25) – Constance Baker Motley became the first black woman named to a federal judgeship ... -
Happy Founders Day To The Men Of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity,Inc.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C., January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male ... -
Black Fact = (1966) Robert C. Henry
Black Facts = 1966 (Dec.3) Robert C. Henry became the first African American to serve as mayor of a city ... -
Black Fact = (1872) John Roy Lynch
Black Facts = 1872 ( Jan. 2) – At age 24, John Roy Lynch was elected Speaker of the House ... -
Black Fact = (1952) Fletcher Hamilton Henderson
Black Fact = 1952 (Dec.29) – Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, talented arranger and bandleader, died on this date. Henderson performed with ... -
Black Fact = (1875) William J. Whipper
Black Fact = 1859 (Dec. 16) – William J. Whipper was elected Judge of the Circuit Court of Charleston, SC, ... -
Black Fact = (1973) Rev. S. Howard Woodson
Black Fact = 1973 – (Dec. 10) – Rev. S. Howard Woodson became the first black Speaker of a state ...